BET Awards 2020Getty Images Beyoncé’s charitable initiative BeyGOOD is partnering with the NAACP to help fund Black-owned small businesses across the U.S. Grants of $ 10,000 will be given to businesses in Houston, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis. If you’re a Black small business owner, apply here before the July 18 deadline. Beyoncé’s… Read More »
The coronavirus pandemic occasioned the Great Lockdown for people to shelter-at-home, tele-work if possible, and shut down large parts of the U.S. economy considered “non-essential.” As health insurance for working-age people is tied to employment, COVID-19 led to disproportionate loss of health plan coverage especially among people earning lower incomes, as well as non-white workers,… Read More »
Queensland mineworkers have protested outside BHP’s Brisbane offices to demand more assistance for black lung and silicosis sufferers. The Mine Dust Diseases Victims Group wants a fund established to help victims after their workers compensation payments finish. So far, the group says, the mining companies have resisted. Jim Pearce, a former coal miner and Queensland… Read More »